Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2015
Practice GuidelineUpdated clinical practice guidelines for concussion/mild traumatic brain injury and persistent symptoms.
To introduce a set of revised guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and persistent symptoms following concussive injuries. ⋯ The revised clinical practice guideline reflects the most current evidence and is recommended for use by clinicians who provide care to people who experience PPCS following mTBI.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2015
Prevalence of mental health conditions after military blast exposure, their co-occurrence, and their relation to mild traumatic brain injury.
To measure common psychiatric conditions after military deployment with blast exposure and test relationships to post-concussion syndrome (PCS) symptoms and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) history. ⋯ These findings support that psychiatric conditions beyond PTSD are common after military combat deployment with blast exposure. They also highlight the non-specificity of post-concussion type symptoms. While some researchers have implicated mTBI history as a contributor to post-deployment mental health conditions, no clear association was found. This may partly be due to the more rigorous method of retrospective mTBI diagnosis determination.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2015
How long is too long? The lack of consensus regarding the post-concussion syndrome diagnosis.
A standard definition of Post-concussion Syndrome (PCS) does not exist. The objective was to determine consensus regarding the definition of PCS among physician members of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). ⋯ There is a lack of consensus regarding the definition of PCS among physician members of the ACSM. A standard definition would improve consistency in concussion research and in clinical practise.